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Lee Isaac Chung Week: Day One

Lee Isaac Chung

Lee Isaac Chung Week: Day One

This week, I'm celebrating the theatrical and streaming release of "Minari" in honor of filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung. We'll get it started with just a clip from a 2010 interview that will set some of the context for my appreciation of this filmmaker.

Who I thanked on my MFA graduation day

One week ago today — Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Camp Casey Conference Center on Whidbey Island — I was invited to the podium before my special guests, as well as the students, faculty, and staff of Seattle Pacific University's MFA in Creative Writing. This was the moment: I would

Podcast: Moviegoer temper tantrums

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Podcast: Moviegoer temper tantrums

Jurassic World turned Alissa Wilkinson into the film-critic equivalent of a Rampaging T-Rex. Under the Skin got under Nick Olson's skin. And Only God Forgives infuriated me. And thanks to the Seeing and Believing podcast, and its host Kevin McLenithan, we all had the chance to vent our

The Lucy Variations

Looking Elsewhere: September 5, 2013

A Hi 5 to the Face to... Legendary rock-and-roll recording artist Sam Phillips: For sending this fantastic, one-of-a-kind, handmade LP cover of her wildly inventive, high-spirited new album Push Any Button. You can order your own copy here, including these very limited edition covers made by Sam's own